lilah fidler has been taking japanese classes for two years in west des moines. but because enrollment dipped by 133 students, the district must save about $800-thousand dollars. that means those japanese courses could be eliminated. lilah fidler, sophomore: "i feel like people should have other options, in case they want translation jobs, or anything that would involve economic growth or globalization." dan carolin, japanese teacher: "there's a misperception of japan not being an important business player any more, but japan is an established commodity in the world economy." superintendent linda remy says the cuts aren't as painful as a couple years ago, when they were asked to trim nearly $3 million dollars from the budget. an advisory committee submitted 16 cost- cutting measures, which included dropping some language and music classes. district officials say they don't want the cuts to go into the classroom, but must consider it. dr. lisa remy, west des moines superintendent: "so, that's one of the things that i'm encouraging and challenging the district to m

lilah fidler has been taking japanese classes for two years in west des moines. nats but because enrollment dipped by 133 students, the district must save about $800-thousand dollars. that means those japanese courses could be eliminated. lilah fidler, sophomore: "i feel like people should have other options, in case they want translation jobs, or anything that would involve economic growth or globalization." dan carolin, japanese teacher: "there's a misperception of japan not being an important business player any more, but japan is an established commodity in the world economy." superintendent linda remy says the cuts when they were asked to trim nearly $3 million dollars from the budget. an advisory committee submitted 16 cost- cutting measures, which included dropping some language and music classes. district officials say they don't want the cuts to go into the classroom, but must consider it. dr. lisa remy, west des moines superintendent: "when you've reduced as much as you can outside of the classroom, you end up getting more cuts inside the classroom." it

lilah fidler, sophomore: "people should have other options, in case they want translation jobs, or anything that would involve economic growth or globalization." dan carolin, japanese teacher: "there's a misperception of japan not being an important business player any more, but japan is an established commodity in the world economy." jack jack: we want to know what you think about these potential cuts to classes at west des moines schools? let us know, we may use your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on facebook and twitter. or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. jack/lam: we now turn to a growing lottery scandal. a computer stealing one big jackpot, is now under investigation in dozens of states -- with the first starting right here in iowa. a-b-c's linzie janis has the details. (5 secs) he's the lottery industry insider already convicted of rigging one iowa drawing? nats - we the jury find edward tipton guilty of fraud (13 secs) now prosecutors say 52-year-old eddie tipton - a former security director

lilah fidler, sophomore: "people should have other options, in case they want translation jobs, or anything that would involve economic growth or globalization." dan carolin, japanese teacher: "there's a misperception of japan not being an important business player any more, but japan is an established commodity in the world economy." sabrina: the school board is expected to make its final decision at its meeting tonight. that's at 7 in the learning resource center. sabrina: a developing story this morning out of northwestern iowa... sabrina: during a championship wrestling match saturday, a spencer high school student collapsed...and then died at the hospital... austin roberts had been fighting for a championship title during the spencer invitational wrestling tournament... the teen died but there's still now word on what caused him to collapse. the death has been tough on his family and fellow classmates. " (terry hemann/superintenden t - spencer community schools): "there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those types of things, but there were also some laughs, talking about stories

lilah fidler, sophomore: "people should have other options, in case they want translation jobs, or anything that would involve economic growth or globalization." dan carolin, japanese teacher: "there's a misperception of japan not being an important business player any more, but japan is an in the world economy." sabrina: the school board is expected to make its final decision at its meeting tonight. that's at 7 in the learning resource center. sabrina: a developing story this morning out of northwestern iowa... sabrina: during a championship wrestling match saturday, a spencer high school student collapsed...and then died at the hospital... austin roberts had been fighting for a championship title during the spencer invitational wrestling tournament... the teen died saturday night, but there's still now word on what caused him to collapse. the death has been tough on his family and fellow " (terry hemann/superintenden t - spencer community schools): "there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those types of things, but there were also some laughs, talking about stories about austin. aust

lilah fidler, sophomore: "people want translation jobs, or anything that would involve economic growth or globalization." dan carolin, japanese teacher: "there's a misperception of japan not being an important business player any more, but japan is an established commodity in the world economy." nikki: the school board is expected to make its final decision at its meeting tomorrow night. that's at 7 in the learning resource center. nikki/ots: what's in a name? for one central iowa woman, her entire business is summed up in her name. so what does she make? local 5's claire powell shows us in this weeks farm to family. before the sun is up "never in my wildest dreams did i think we'd be doing this. i kind of hated to cook when i was kid" terri sinclair is in the kitchen... tying her robe, getting ready for the day ahead at market. "we moved out to the country, planted all kidns of trees but no fruit trees. there was nothing intentional about doing this at all" sinclair, who is a dedicated grandma, also goes by another name. ... (apron) the jelly lady. "i dont know here